#278A79#278A79

#278A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A79
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -32.27, 0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 32.29, 178.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0929 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.093 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.3747, 19.9872, 21.2385)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A79 #8A2738

analogous

#278A48 #278A79 #276A8A

triadic

#278A79 #79278A #8A7927

tetradic

#278A79 #48278A #8A2738 #6A8A27

square

#278A79 #48278A #8A2738 #6A8A27

split-complementary

#278A79 #8A276A #8A4827

monochromatic

#0C2B25 #1A5A4F #278A79 #34BAA3 #5BD1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#278A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#278A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A79

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A79	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848178

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76777A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9f',
    500: '#278a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a79;
$custom-light: #70ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.697,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.573,
    "c": 0.09295,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A79

secondary

#B65767

accent

#4962DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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